TAIL-LESS MAUCAUCO. 
readers in general, any chance of additional 
information, by excursing into such endless 
discussions on fadls not to be co'rnpleatly 
ascertained. It may be sufficient for our 
purpose, to describe faithfully the objecl 
which we have represented in the annexed 
figure ; this, therefore, we shall do, as given 
by Pennant, who was acquainted with the 
animal, and whose ability to describe, with 
accuracy, objedls which he beheld, will not 
be questioned by any person in the smallest 
degree acquainted with the merits of that in- 
defatigable naturalist. 
The Tail-less Maucauco, this gentleman 
says, has " a small head ; a sharp-pointed 
nose ; and orbits surrounded with a black 
circle, the space between them being white. 
From the top of the head, along the middle 
of the back, to the rump, is a dark ferruginous 
line ; which, on the forehead, is bifurcated. 
The ears are small. The body is covered 
with shore, soft, and silky, ash- coloured and 
reddish fur. The toes are naked, and the 
nails are flat ; those, however, of the inner 
toe, on the hind foot, being long, crooked, 
and 
